The first career for Kathleen was that of
an engineer. After receiving her Masters in Engineeringfrom the University of Louisville's Speed
Scientific School, she worked for Louisville Gas and Electricfor two years. And while she loves
engineering, she wanted more life experiences, and so she
embarked ona change in course and was graduated from
Auburn University's School of Veterinary Medicine in 1985.She worked as an equine veterinarian for
twenty years. Along the way, through an odyssey of
circumstance,she added human rope rescue and EMT
skills. Then, in 2003, she attended a Technical Large
Animal Rescuecourse in South Carolina presented by
Tomas and Rebecca Gimenez. This opened up new doors of
opportunity.Bringing all of her skills together, along
with more recent work in the construction industry, she now is
the exclusive manufacturer of the Becker Sling
along with the Häst Water Rescue Harness. Listening to
people inthe industry, along with Faith, they are
developing new products that will further large animal rescue.

Faith

Faith has had a likewise very diverse
background that brings a unique skill set and vision to product
development. At the age of five, she began work along side
her father in building what ever was needed for the dog kennel which the family owned. Her life
experiences were furthered by a ten year career in the navy where she was an electronic technician.
While being stationed at various naval air bases in the world, her primary responsibility was maintaining the
electronic systems on the P3 Orion airplane whose mission was submarine detection. Following
the navy, Faith spent a number of years traversing the interstate highways providing logistics with
her Class A commercial drivers license. Going back to her roots from her childhood, she is the owner of
Faith in Construction, building furniture grade log homes. In each of her projects, she has
injected her touch on unique aspects of design. It is with these skills that make her such a valuable
asset to this business. In the innovative concepts of the new rescue A frame, many details can be
attributed to her that include a more robust and simpler frame. It is totally her design
that has eliminated the "bending moments", destructive forces within the frame itself that lead to leg failure, that
are found in frames currently on the market. Her positive contributions to the development
process are absolutely immeasurable.